very much recommended

Book title: Oldman's Guide to Outsmarting Wine : 108 Ingenious Shortcuts to Navigate the World of Wine with Confidence and StyleRating: 5/5Binding: Paperback

You only have to search the internet to find how many fans this new book already has. The Oldman's Guide is riotously funny and very helpful, like a stylish friend who comes to visit for the weekend and leaves you much smarter for it . One of my favourite sections details ordering wine in restaurants. These chapters have entirely renovated how I handle monster wine lists and conduct my wine purchasing. At the book's core is the keenest treatment of wine appreciation, and how to get the best of it, that I've encountered thus far.

An excellent new book about the training of young dancers.

Book title: Kids DanceRating: 5/5Binding: Hardcover

In images and words, photographer Jim Varriale has captured the essence of dance -- the irresistable urge to move to music with every inch of one's being -- in Kids Dance: The Students of Ballet Tech. His photographs capture Eliot Feld's scholarship students' infectious passion; their unselfconscious delight in dance as a means of personal expression; and their willingness to embrace the discipline and study that makes "jumping for joy" on stage a very real possibility. Attractively designed, the book is very well written. Varriale's text is both simply stated and engaging, offering just enough explanation and detail to complement the magical photographs they accompany. In repose and on the move, these NYC public school children invite the reader to share their hard work and dreams. This is a new kind of "ballet" book, a collectible for all dance lovers, regardless of age. I cannot recommend it too highly.

EAN: 9780525455363Pages: 32Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Makes *me* laught every time

Book title: Good Night, GorillaRating: 5/5Binding: Hardcover

I'm not sure my 22-month-old actually gets the humor in the gorilla taking the keys out of the zookeepers pocket, but she loves the story on whatever level she's understanding it. She loves zoo animals so it's fun to think of them doing something other than standing around in the zoo staring back at us. I highly recommend this book: great illustrations, clever (and few) words and a great little story line. I expect my daughter to come to understand and appreciate this book on many levels.

Absolutely amazing

Book title: A Prayer for Owen MeanyRating: 5/5Binding: Paperback

As a John Irving fan since Garp, I had attempted to read this book in ~1989 when it was first released but I was unable to get into it. Several friends whose literary opinions I respect raved about the book so I decided to give Owen another try (I am grateful to those friends). I have always admired Irving's ability to use humor and tragedy sometimes simultaneously to weave human (as well as canine and ursine) stories that provoke thought. In Owen Meany he addresses the subject of faith in a unique way that causes the reader to examine their own faith ( John Wheelwright have a lot in common). I would highly recommend this book.

EAN: 9780552993692Publisher: Transworld PubAuthors:
John Irving

Fast-paced, a real page turner! I couldn't put it down!

Book title: Chromosome 6Rating: 5/5Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Robin Cook did it again!!!

If you enjoyed "Contagion", you'll love "Chromosome 6". Some of the same characters we enjoyed in "Contagion"(the doctors from the coroners office in New York) have an integral part in "Chromosome 6".

The ending to this story left me wanting more, as do all good mysteries. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys an exciting, fast- paced, science fiction thriller!

arkady finally comes out of the cold into the latin heat

Book title: Havana BayRating: 5/5Binding: Paperback

having read others' less than stellar reviews of havana bay, i felt compelled to write my own. i didn't know Arkady Renko very well before reading this book, although i found him an interesting counterpart to who i think was the main force in this book, the mysterious, strong yet very feminine mulata detective that was his equal and opposite. as a cuban and american woman myself, i was amazed at how well martin cruz smith understood the inner workings of detective ofelia's mind. forget arkady, smith, write another book about her.

lessons to be learned

Book title: The Little PrinceRating: 5/5Binding: Hardcover

this book was written to be a childrens book, but it is so much more then that. there are lessons every adult could learn in this book. it is a fast read, and a book you will read over and over again, and everytime finding more hidden truths within its content. i read this book over and over again, and always find a spiritul uplift about it. i could not love a book more, or get more out of a book, then this one. i can not recommend it enough.

A wonderful first book for your baby!

Book title: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners)Rating: 5/5Binding: Hardcover

I first started reading this book to my baby at 2 months old, and she was fascinated by the sounds and the bright pictures. I've read it to her so many times that I think we both have it memorized. When my baby was 3 months old I could simply recite the book to her while I was driving in a car trip and she would be entertained.I highly recommend this book, along with Sanda Boynton's two books "Barnyard Dance" and "Moo, Baa, La La La!" books for infants and toddlers. With books that are interesting like these, my baby will sit for 45 minutes at a time to be read to! A great way to interact with your child and teach her to love books and read.

Exquisite Story of Love and Honesty

Book title: The Falcon and the FlowerRating: 5/5Binding: Paperback

This book is my personal favorite from Virginia Henley. The mysticism of white witchcraft and the courageous plights of Falcon de Burgh and Jasmine of Salisbury are enthralling. Henley manages to even add the legendary Robin Hood to the story for quite a fighting scene. She shows in her story how King's of the time, particularly King John, misused their powers for their own pleasure, making the people suffer. "The Falcon and the Flower" also reminds readers of the importance of honesty and communication in one's relationships, which was the conflict between Falcon and Jasmine

EAN: 9780440204299Pages: 480Publisher: DellAuthors:
Virginia Henley

Informative, detailed, and thoroughly "reader friendly".

Book title: Scottish Art (World of Art)Rating: 5/5Binding: Paperback

In Scottish Art, Murdo Macdonald (Professor of History of Scottish Art at the University of Dundee) provides a scholarly and definitive historical survey of Scottish are from prehistory to the present. Macdonald demonstrates that Scottish art is bound together as a tradition by certain stylistic features (such as Celtic design) as well as revolving around certain themes or aspects of landscape, such as the Scottish coastline. Profusely illustrated throughout in both black white as well as color reproductions, Scottish Art is informative, detailed, superbly presented, and thoroughly "reader friendly".

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